Master of Science in Building Regulatory Compliance South East Technological University - Waterford Campus, Ireland

This programme develops the postgraduate’s knowledge and skills through modules which link theories and practices associated with Building Regulatory Compliance (BRC). The professional will be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and competence to holistically evaluate regulatory compliance techniques in terms of traditional command and control regulation. They will gain the discretion to use other strategies for regulating a problem and the skill to select a regulatory strategy to provide a regulatory outcome in different contexts.

The programme has been developed in cooperation with the National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office, which supports Building Control Authorities on the implementation of the regulations and promoting a culture of compliance with the regulations.

Accordingly, the programme does not only focus on the regulations and consequences of not adhering to them, but on how the regulations and standards affect a positive, healthy, and safe environment where peoples’ best interests are at heart.

Regulatory professionalism encompasses, integrity, consistency and transparency which requires substantial training focusing not only on technical but also on mainstream regulatory compliance, inspection, and enforcement skills to help ensure consistency and fairness.

Mairead Phelan, Head of the National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office (NBC&MSO), says that: “Building Regulatory Compliance is not just about is not just about Laws, it is about regulators and practitioners who operate in the space between these laws as enacted and protecting citizens and society from a range of risks, threats, or harms. This MSc is a must for regulators and practitioners in that it provides practical instruction on regulatory models, practices, policy formulation, the risk-based regulator using national, European, and international and case-studies”.